About us
In this section, you will find information about the origin and objective of the UC Energy Center, as well as our Mission and Vision and the list of members of the Center.
About the Center
The UC Energy Center is an interdisciplinary organization between the Faculties of Engineering; Chemistry and Pharmacy; and Architecture, Design, and Urban Studies of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. It is made up of a group of professors who associate to develop research, dissemination, continuing education, relationship with other organizations, and studies on strategic energy issues for the university and the country. The UC Energy Center began its official operation in May 2017 with the purpose of contributing to national energy development.
At the Center, academics come together to study and analyze the challenges in various areas of energy-related knowledge, promoting interdisciplinary research and allowing associated institutions quick and easy access to new technological trends.
Mission and Vision
Mission
The UC Energy Center is a group of researchers who come together freely to drive and promote the country's energy transition towards a clean and sustainable matrix, for which we address complex problems with an interdisciplinary perspective. We make available our capacities to develop knowledge and people with high abilities, and we seek to transfer technology and said knowledge to society so that it can successfully face the change towards a new and better balance of nature and human activity.
Vision
We hope that Chile will become a successful case in energy development worldwide, with a focus on quality and sustainability, and that by 2050 we will have achieved energy security, based on a clean and competitive matrix, which is the basis of sustainable development, being compatible with caring for the environment and, of course, responding successfully to the requirements of our society.
Our Members
Félix Rojas
Director
FACULTAD DE INGENIERÍA
DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA ELÉCTRICA
Áreas de Interés:
Electrónica de potencia aplicada a electromovilidad, sistemas de transmisión de energía inalámbrica, energías renovables y redes inteligentes.
Felipe Huerta
Director Alterno
FACULTAD DE INGENIERÍA
DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA Y BIOPROCESOS
Áreas de Interés:
Modelamiento de fenómenos de transporte, dinámica de fluidos computacional, programación científica, ciencia de datos e inteligencia artificial aplicada a contextos industriales.
